LatAm smartphone shipments surge
Canalys reported smartphone shipments into Latin America grew 17 per cent year-on-year to 31.8 million units during Q3, reversing six quarters of annual declines.
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Nokia Bell Labs set for US R&D site update
Nokia announced a plan to relocate an historic Nokia Bell Labs facility to a new site in the state of New Jersey, part of move towards a more modern R&D capability.
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The Friday File: AT&T embraces Ericsson, Nokia CEO fires back and Apple’s uncertainty in India
Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week with AT&T inking an open RAN deal with Ericsson, Read more...
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Verizon boots cashierless service at US football stadium
Verizon combined 5G with AI-powered computer vision technology to provide US National Football League fans with automated checkouts for food and beverage purchases, as the operator continued to build on technology deployments with the league.
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FCC approves Dish, EchoStar deal
The US Federal Communications Commission cleared a deal under which Dish Network will become a subsidiary of EchoStar, as part of move by billionaire owner Charlie Ergen to reunite companies split in 2008.
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Operators bullish on GenAI despite challenges
TM Forum research found 94 per cent of operators believe generative AI (GenAI) would have a significant impact on their businesses over the next one-to-five years, but cited implementation as a key challenge.
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T-Mobile US trials mmWave on SA 5G network
T-Mobile US claimed a national first after testing mmWave on its standalone (SA) 5G network, achieving download data rates of more than 4.3Gb/s.
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Google unveils ChatGPT rival Gemini
Alphabet-owned Google unveiled its Gemini AI family, a bid to better compete against OpenAI’s ChatGPT by processing volumes of different types of information including text, code, audio, image and video.
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Verizon appoints former Twitter, Peloton executive as CMO
Verizon tapped Leslie Berland as CMO and EVP in a move to revive marketing efforts for its flagging consumer sector, which recorded mobile phone subscriber losses for several quarters.
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Intel unit reveals AI reality
Research by an Intel subsidiary revealed hype around generative AI was yet to be matched by deployments, with a majority of executives surveyed apparently reticent due to problems rolling out large language models.
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